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[[File:Tim Orr, in the London College of Furniture's 16-track music studio.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Tim Orr in the London College of Furniture's 16-track music studio.]]'''Tim Orr''' designed synthesizers for [[EMS Ltd.]], Akai and later synthesizer projects for [[Electronics Today International]] magazine, sold as [[kit]]s by [[Powertran Electronics|Powertran]], he then went on to lecture on electronic instrument design at the London College of Furniture.<!-- a predecessor of The Cass at London Metropolitan University --><ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Technology/Technology-All-Eras/Archive-Wireless-World-IDX/80s/Wireless-World-1981-06-OCR-Page-0087.pdf Powetran advert], Wireless World, June 1981, p87</ref><ref>''Vintage Synthesizers: Groundbreaking Instruments and Pioneering Designers of Electronic Music Synthesizers'' by Mark Vail, Backbeat Books, 2nd Revised edition, Jun. 2000, {{ISBN|0-87930-603-3}}, p. 61</ref><ref>[http://emssynthesisers.co.uk/emsstory.html The People], EMS: The Inside Story by Graham Hinton, 8 Aug 1998</ref>
[[File:Tim Orr, in the London College of Furniture's 16-track music studio.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Tim Orr in the London College of Furniture's 16-track music studio.]]'''Tim Orr''' designed synthesizers for [[EMS Ltd.]], Akai and later synthesizer projects for [[Electronics Today International]] magazine, sold as [[kit]]s by [[Powertran Electronics|Powertran]], he then went on to lecture on electronic instrument design at the London College of Furniture.<!-- a predecessor of The Cass at London Metropolitan University --><ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Technology/Technology-All-Eras/Archive-Wireless-World-IDX/80s/Wireless-World-1981-06-OCR-Page-0087.pdf Powetran advert], Wireless World, June 1981, p87</ref><ref>''Vintage Synthesizers: Groundbreaking Instruments and Pioneering Designers of Electronic Music Synthesizers'' by Mark Vail, Backbeat Books, 2nd Revised edition, Jun. 2000, {{ISBN|0-87930-603-3}}, p. 61</ref><ref>[http://emssynthesisers.co.uk/emsstory.html The People], EMS: The Inside Story by Graham Hinton, 8 Aug 1998</ref>
== Designs ==

== List of works ==
=== EMS gear ===
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* [[EMS Synthi DKE]]
* [[Wireless World Electronic Sound Synthesizer]], 1973
* [[Powertran Transcendent 2000]]<!-- http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan00/articles/netnotes.htm -->
* [[Powertran Transcendent polysynth]]<!-- http://www.musicelectronic.co.uk/gear/kit-synthesisers/powertran/ -->
* [[Powertran Transcendent DPX]]
* [[Black hole]]<!-- http://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-Wireless-World-IDX/80s/Wireless-World-1981-03-OCR-Page-0049.pdf -->
* [[EMS Synthi E]]
* [[EMS Synthi E]]
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* [[EMS Synthi DKE]]
* [[EMS Synthi QUEG]]
* [[EMS Synthi QUEG]]
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* [[EMS Universal sequencer]]
* [[EMS Vocoder 2000]]
* [[EMS Vocoder 2000]]
* [[EMS-Rehberg Analyse-filterbank B1]]<ref name="retroz">[https://www.soundonsound.com/music-business/all-about-ems-part-2 All About EMS: Part 2] by Gordon Reid, Sound On Sound, Dec 2000</ref>
* [[EMS Vocoder 5000]]
* [[EMS-Rehberg Synthi-logik]]<ref name="retroz"/>
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* [[EMS Universal Sequencer]]
=== Electronics magazine articles ===
* [[EMS-Rehberg Analyse-Filterbank B1]]
* [[Wireless World Electronic sound synthesizer|Electronic Sound Synthesizer]], with D. W. Thomas, Wireless World, Aug to Oct 1973, [http://www.keith-snook.info/wireless-world-magazine/Wireless-World-1973/Electronic%20sound%20Synthesizer.pdf Keith Snook], [http://www.emusic-diy.org/Schematics/Synths Emusic DIY]
* [[EMS-Rehberg Synthi-Logik]]<!-- http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec00/articles/retrozone.asp -->
* Active filters, ETI, Jul to Sep 1977, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/70s/ World Radio History]
* [[ETI Chorus/Flanger Unit]]
* Op amps, ETI, Feb to May 1978, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/70s/ World Radio History]
* Spectrum analyser, ETI, Jun 1978, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/70s/ World Radio History]
* Designing oscillators, ETI, Jul 1978, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/70s/ World Radio History]
* Polyphonic keyboard, ETI, Jul 1978, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150406120939/http://www.spontis.se/pdf/arak.pdf CAG]
* [[Powertran Transcendent 2000|Music Synthesiser]], ETI, Jul to Aug 1978, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160123231517/http://www.spontis.se/pdf/t2000.pdf CAG], [http://www.emusic-diy.org/Schematics/Synths Emusic DIY], [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/70s/ World Radio History]
* Ten 3080 circuits, ETI, Apr 1979
* Electronic music, Hobby Electronics, May to Jun 1979
* [[Powertran Transcendent DPX|Transcendent DPX]] (A String Thing), ETI, Aug to Oct 1979, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150405174129/http://www.spontis.se/pdf/eti_dpx.pdf CAG]
* Analogue delay lines, ETI, Nov 1979
* Analogue switches, ETI, Apr 1980
* [[ETI Black hole|The Black hole chorus machine]], ETI, May 1980, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150409040042/http://www.spontis.se/pdf/eti_bh.pdf CAG]
* Filter design, ETI, Jul 1980
* Bandpass and beyond, ETI, Dec 1980
* [[Powertran Transcendent polysynth|Polysynth]], ETI, Dec 1980 to Mar 1981, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150408214235/http://www.spontis.se/pdf/etipoly.pdf CAG], [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/80s/ World Radio History]
* Digital delay effects unit, E&MM, Feb to Mar 1982
* Facts on DAC's and ADC's, ETI, Mar 1982
* Electromusic techniques, ETI, Apr to Jun 1982
* Equaliser circuit design, ETI, Sep 1981
* Semi-professional mixer, Practical Electronics, Oct to Dec 1982, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150406121404/http://www.spontis.se/pdf/modmix.pdf CAG]
* [[ETI Chorus&#47;flanger unit|Chorus/flanger unit]], ETI, Jan 1984, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150409161536/http://www.spontis.se/pdf/flanger.pdf CAG], [http://www.synthdiy.com/files/2005/flanger.pdf SynthDIY.com]
* Powertran MCS-1, with R Monkhouse and Paul Bird, E&MM, Oct 1984 to Mar 1985, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150410043541/http://www.spontis.se/pdf/emm_mcs1.pdf CAG], [http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/powertran-mcs1/1473 Muzines]
* Powertran BBC MIDI interface, with Jim Grant, E&MM, Apr 1985
* Powertran BBC software (for Powertran MCS-1), with Jim Grant, E&MM, May 1985


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ8hIih_wN0 Trevor Pinch's DIY Modular Synth], YouTube
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ8hIih_wN0 Trevor Pinch's DIY Modular Synth], YouTube
* [http://www.keith-snook.info/wireless-world-magazine/Wireless-World-1973/Electronic%20sound%20Synthesizer.pdf Electronic sound Synthesizer] by T. Orr and D. W. Thomas, Wireless World magazine, Aug-Oct 1973


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Revision as of 00:41, 22 March 2022

Tim Orr in the London College of Furniture's 16-track music studio.

Tim Orr designed synthesizers for EMS Ltd., Akai and later synthesizer projects for Electronics Today International magazine, sold as kits by Powertran, he then went on to lecture on electronic instrument design at the London College of Furniture.[1][2][3]

Designs

EMS gear

Electronics magazine articles

References

  1. ^ Powetran advert, Wireless World, June 1981, p87
  2. ^ Vintage Synthesizers: Groundbreaking Instruments and Pioneering Designers of Electronic Music Synthesizers by Mark Vail, Backbeat Books, 2nd Revised edition, Jun. 2000, ISBN 0-87930-603-3, p. 61
  3. ^ The People, EMS: The Inside Story by Graham Hinton, 8 Aug 1998
  4. ^ a b All About EMS: Part 2 by Gordon Reid, Sound On Sound, Dec 2000

External links

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